Low level of extrapair parentage in wild zebra finches

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-264

  Griffith, Simon C ^a,b   Holleley, Clare E ^a,b   Mariette, Mylene M ^a,b   Pryke, Sarah R ^a,b   Svedin, Nina ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

extrapair paternity; intraspecific brood parasitism; sexual conflict; sexual selection; sperm competition; Taeniopygia guttata; zebra finch

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PASSERINE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

AUSTRALIA;

PASSERIFORMES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 74649083586     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.11.031     Document Type: Article

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